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cairo time, 10:00 p.m. eastern standard time, that there would be an announcement in cairo, by an official, from the egyptian government and from hamas, announcing some sort of agreement for at least a temporary cease-fire. however, we're hearing from other hamas officials that israel has yet to agree to this proposed cease-fire and the israelis are saying there is nothing as of yet. but the idea is rather than send out broad guidelines for a period of peace and calm, they just want to see if both sides can keep the peace. now, one of the concerns here is that it is not just hamas who is operating in gaza, there are other groups like islamic jihad, affiliated with iran, even smaller splinter groups out there that hamas doesn't necessarily control completely. and therefore that's why they want to give this -- this initial period to see if the peace can indeed or quiet or calm can hold. >> ben, in terms of the entire region, and we're standing sort of by a map which i want to show our viewers, this and is of
cairo time, 10:00 p.m. eastern standard time, that there would be an announcement in cairo, by an official, from the egyptian government and from hamas, announcing some sort of agreement for at least a temporary cease-fire. however, we're hearing from other hamas officials that israel has yet to agree to this proposed cease-fire and the israelis are saying there is nothing as of yet. but the idea is rather than send out broad guidelines for a period of peace and calm, they just want to see if...
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we were sent this report from cairo. >> egypt, on the brink of a new era. for weeks now, this country has been gripped by political turmoil. there is a lot at stake. egyptians have been waiting on a new constitution, and an early tally says more than 60% voted yes, but the result is not official yet. the guests of voters cannot get a victory for morsi and his supporters, and they say it will help egypt get back on track. >> there was not any blood spilled. the egyptian should be happy that it was approved. >> but it is very controversial. in the run-up to the referendum, of violent clashes broke out at the presidential palace in cairo. critics fear the charter could give islamists too much power. some are worried they will not be protected, and the opposition says it will continue to fight against the constitution. >> it defies a lot of the basic values, like freedom of expression, religion, so we are going to fight it, and one of our first platforms will be to abolish or of the very least amend the constitution. -- or at the very least abolished -- amend t
we were sent this report from cairo. >> egypt, on the brink of a new era. for weeks now, this country has been gripped by political turmoil. there is a lot at stake. egyptians have been waiting on a new constitution, and an early tally says more than 60% voted yes, but the result is not official yet. the guests of voters cannot get a victory for morsi and his supporters, and they say it will help egypt get back on track. >> there was not any blood spilled. the egyptian should be...
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it's such a tragedy. >>> now let's go to ian lee in cairo. hillary clinton meeting with president morsi tomorrow, instrumental in trying to broker a peace deal. ian, let me ask the question, whether you think morsi can get a deal done. is egypt really going to be able to do this? >> reporter:el well, erin, he definitely is the man who has a lot of potential to strike a deal between the israelis and hamas. but president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood base have long been a very staunch ally of hamas. they have had close relationships for decades. and so they will be able to influence hamas in coming to the table and forming some sort of negotiation to a ceasefire. also, egypt has for the past few decades had close working relationship with israel. so it does seem likely these two can come together, along with secretary hillary clinton's help and support to probably form some sort of cease fire. >> ian, i'm curious, there are reports of egyptian men going forward with solidarity to fight. egyptian doctors and medics have gone in to hel
it's such a tragedy. >>> now let's go to ian lee in cairo. hillary clinton meeting with president morsi tomorrow, instrumental in trying to broker a peace deal. ian, let me ask the question, whether you think morsi can get a deal done. is egypt really going to be able to do this? >> reporter:el well, erin, he definitely is the man who has a lot of potential to strike a deal between the israelis and hamas. but president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood base have long been...
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and we've had to cairo is made to cool it with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike of course the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey syndicates and their own so who are in strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that from major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the streets as well fish caches do continue between protesters and the police which started early last week police have firing excessive amounts of tear gas and birdshot at dozens of protesters who are still in the streets reporting from the scene my colleague tom barton has more there in the streets or central cairo the sights the sounds the smells of protest and of civil just so it's a very loud and very clear tough race where is just over that a large crowd of protesters are ruling stones at the police who are giving just as much back picking up stones themselves and firing back along with them as vans firing gas canisters into the crowds the stench
and we've had to cairo is made to cool it with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike of course the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey syndicates and their own so who are in strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that from major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the streets as well fish caches do continue between...
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the real access is gaza/cairo. cairo has real influence here. fatah is not popular in the west bank. there have been protests against it for corruption, for the rising cost of living. they are not popular. so i understand secretary clinton needs to go there as just sort of paying respects, but if she really wants to make progress regarding gaza, it will come from cairo. >> is it possible that you could foresee a time when hamas respects israeli's right to exist? that's the point they always come back to. >> it's interesting to hear officials talk about hamas today. it's exactly the way they spoke about the plo in the 1980s, and, therefore -- but that changed. the dialog changed, they got into negotiations, they signed the oslo peace accords in september 1993, and now plo are the moderates. no reason why not to foresee the day when hamas will be speaking on behalf of the palestinians with the israelis. >> a little more with ben. ann marie slaughter, appreciate it. when we come back, we want to show you some of the other things we saw. leaflets be
the real access is gaza/cairo. cairo has real influence here. fatah is not popular in the west bank. there have been protests against it for corruption, for the rising cost of living. they are not popular. so i understand secretary clinton needs to go there as just sort of paying respects, but if she really wants to make progress regarding gaza, it will come from cairo. >> is it possible that you could foresee a time when hamas respects israeli's right to exist? that's the point they...
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we go now to my colleague tom barton who has more from the scene we're still in the center of cairo a protest as have emerged from around the side of this building in a psycho off to and fro bucholz with stones and tear gas with the police the police just stood over there and they keep emerging and firing tear gas canisters back at the protesters the protesters all morning have been rocking cars and trying to pull the doors off smashing windows throwing stones they've also been picking up the take last grenades of the police and throwing them back at the police some of the stones lining a bit closer now that the police come back and this has been going on for about two days now it's back and forth bottle last night. they set fire to buildings on the police and the protesters dragging back casualties who have been with always watching and choking on the take gas and head injuries and other injuries from the flying stones all of this set off by muhammad missed his declaration last week he is now good to expected to make a television. a television address to the nation to try and expla
we go now to my colleague tom barton who has more from the scene we're still in the center of cairo a protest as have emerged from around the side of this building in a psycho off to and fro bucholz with stones and tear gas with the police the police just stood over there and they keep emerging and firing tear gas canisters back at the protesters the protesters all morning have been rocking cars and trying to pull the doors off smashing windows throwing stones they've also been picking up the...
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will meet in cairo this weekend to decide whether to continue the observer mission. the syrian opposition has called the mission a failure and watched the last wants the united nations to intervene. german chancellor angela merkel says time is pressing in at the search for a solution in the contract -- conflict between palestinians and israelis. following talks with mahmoud abbas in berlin, she urged both sides to resume negotiations. the palestinians have withdrawn from peace talks in protest that continued israeli settlement activity in the west bank. >> middle east peace talks have been stalled for more than three years. the german chancellor would consider it a success of current meetings restarting formal negotiations did not collapse. she was cautiously optimistic after meeting the palestinian president. >> there have been many attempts already, so we will not be discouraged. both sides are at least talking to each other again. that was not the case for many months, and we want to take advantage of this opportunity. >> mahmoud abbas welcomed the talks under way
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of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to stand down journalist bell true has the latest from cairo. we've had to the choir is made to cool the country's major chords the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike of course the judges themselves are also still on a partial strike the journalists in the case and their own so who for a strike to seeing really quite a lot of movement that the major sectors within egypt society and which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the street as well fish caches do continue between protesters and the police which started early last week police are firing excessive amounts of tear gas and but shot at dozens of protesters who are still in the streets reporting from the seeing my colleague tom barton has more here in the streets of central cairo the sights the sounds the smells of protest and of civil disorder very loud and very clear tucker a square is just over there and a large crowd of protesters are doing stones at the police who are giving just as much back picking up stones them
of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to stand down journalist bell true has the latest from cairo. we've had to the choir is made to cool the country's major chords the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike of course the judges themselves are also still on a partial strike the journalists in the case and their own so who for a strike to seeing really quite a lot of movement that the major sectors within egypt society and which the president is really...
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nationwide action in egypt fails of outrage protesters in cairo keeping pressure on the president to cancel his power grabbing decree clashes with police reportedly leaving one protester dead we go live to cairo very shortly an r.t. . after years of uncertainty palestinians could finally find out what killed their leader yasser arafat his grave has been open. for clues about whether he was poisoned. also exposed to politics a former u.k. defense minister says dropping a neutron bomb could bring peace to one of the world's most troubled regions. and another default of the e.u. shells are cash for greece involving more pails in exchange for day shift austerity we get live reaction from germany on this latest development. on air online live from our new center here in moscow this is the nationwide protests are underway in egypt with thousands gathering in car as tahrir square to oppose president morsi is the latest decree morsi made himself and the islamist dominated upper house of parliament into any kind of oversight including from the courts and is in current and joins me now live wi
nationwide action in egypt fails of outrage protesters in cairo keeping pressure on the president to cancel his power grabbing decree clashes with police reportedly leaving one protester dead we go live to cairo very shortly an r.t. . after years of uncertainty palestinians could finally find out what killed their leader yasser arafat his grave has been open. for clues about whether he was poisoned. also exposed to politics a former u.k. defense minister says dropping a neutron bomb could bring...
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well while the thumb key for that update that was true in cairo. well blogger and journalist while as skandha says there is a growing feeling in egypt that there's a long way to go to real democracy. the fact of the matter is that everything is going in the opposite direction of what the revolution is called for the constituent assembly itself is a reflection of how unwilling to share power the muslim brotherhood are and along with mohamed morsi. he says that he will give back powers as soon as a parliament is elected but he's not allowing the gyptian to share in writing the constitution so this to me seems like a false promise about giving back power because the one thing he can do is allow dipshits to write their own constitution and share power and he's not doing that the judiciary have been a tool for the mubarak regime but if we come to think of it when people protested mubarak they were protesting police brutality and we see that morsi is giving promises to the police that they will act with impunity and does not want to bring anyone to justi
well while the thumb key for that update that was true in cairo. well blogger and journalist while as skandha says there is a growing feeling in egypt that there's a long way to go to real democracy. the fact of the matter is that everything is going in the opposite direction of what the revolution is called for the constituent assembly itself is a reflection of how unwilling to share power the muslim brotherhood are and along with mohamed morsi. he says that he will give back powers as soon as...
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we are now going to go to cairo where nbc's jim maceda is. jim? >> how are you? >> there you have it. hi. i'm good. can you hear me okay? >> we can hear you now. tell us what you know about the agreement that was just reached, what we just heard again, msnbc reporting secretary of state hillary clinton announcing an agreement of a cease-fire. >> right. and this agreement which we suspected would happen in terms of its form, and format, is a two-staged, a two-phased agreement. the very first phase is about the principles. both sides, egypt -- sorry, egypt has brokered this so both sides, israel and hamas, agree in principle to a truce. the principle is a quiet in exchange for quiet. i'm sure that this will come out later, be but i'm sure that the presence of hillary clinton was instrumental in nudging both sides and the egyptians towards at least this basic guarantee of safety, guarantee of quiet right now. they have a cease-fire, they have a truce. there is absolutely no agreement at all on any of the key demands. that means that starting in the second phase, the
we are now going to go to cairo where nbc's jim maceda is. jim? >> how are you? >> there you have it. hi. i'm good. can you hear me okay? >> we can hear you now. tell us what you know about the agreement that was just reached, what we just heard again, msnbc reporting secretary of state hillary clinton announcing an agreement of a cease-fire. >> right. and this agreement which we suspected would happen in terms of its form, and format, is a two-staged, a two-phased...
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of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to step down journalist bill truth has the latest from cairo and we've had two kyrie's major courts with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike because the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey to see the kids and their own so cool strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that the major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going to have to do with as things escalate on the streets as well these countries do continue between protesters and the police which started early last week police have firing excessive amounts of. takeouts and by chance the dozens of protesters who are still on the streets reporting from the seeing my colleague tom barton has moved here in the streets of central cairo the sights the sounds and the smells of protest and of civil disorder are very loud and very clear tucker a square is just over there and a large crowd of protesters are fooling stones at the police who are giving just as much back pickin
of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to step down journalist bill truth has the latest from cairo and we've had two kyrie's major courts with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to strike because the judges themselves are also used to on a partial strike the journey to see the kids and their own so cool strike two seeing really quite a lot of movement that the major sectors within egypt society which the president is really going...
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christiane amanpour had an exclusive interview with the hamas leader in cairo and asked him about that specific attack. >> no, no. i'm asking you. did hamas claim responsibility? did hamas do that? >> translator: not hamas. not other people from -- not hamas. no one can announce except those who committed. not me. the lesson is what matters. what led to this? who created the circumstances that led to this operations. it is netanyahu with his crimes in killing the kids of gaza and the continuation of aggression. ramifications everywhere. this could lead to any kind of reaction as retaliation for what happened in gaza. >> our reporters in gaza city said that when that -- the bombing was announced from loud speakers in mosques, there was some celebratory gunfire heard throughout the city in gaza city. i spoke with christiane amanpour about her interview with the hamas leader. christiane, you repeatedly pressed the head of hamas about whether or not they would ever recognize israel. he gave a lot of talking points. you really pressed him on it. this is finally what he had to say. let's lis
christiane amanpour had an exclusive interview with the hamas leader in cairo and asked him about that specific attack. >> no, no. i'm asking you. did hamas claim responsibility? did hamas do that? >> translator: not hamas. not other people from -- not hamas. no one can announce except those who committed. not me. the lesson is what matters. what led to this? who created the circumstances that led to this operations. it is netanyahu with his crimes in killing the kids of gaza and...
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>> cairo. he spoke. >> who did he speak to? >> the whole muslim community. >> what did he say to them? >> he said we favor democracy. all the things you like. but the egyptian government whom we aid sat there and did nothing whieg while this attack on our embassy was going on. >> because he was playing to his domestic crowd. >> well fine. >> they don't like america. >> can i quickly try to split the difference here. >> hold on eleanor. >> i think eleanor is right, there is nothing obama could have done that would have saved mubarak. mubarak would not have been able to save himself short of taking a assad sort of murder and slaughter in egypt and if he tried that the military wasn't going to be with him. it was basically a military coup that happened in egypt but pat is right about how naive this administration has been about the muslim brotherhood. >> we are not. >> yes we have to be much tougher on them and hold their feet to the fire. >> that is exactly what obama is doing. >> now. >> no. and they are an elected government. s
>> cairo. he spoke. >> who did he speak to? >> the whole muslim community. >> what did he say to them? >> he said we favor democracy. all the things you like. but the egyptian government whom we aid sat there and did nothing whieg while this attack on our embassy was going on. >> because he was playing to his domestic crowd. >> well fine. >> they don't like america. >> can i quickly try to split the difference here. >> hold on eleanor....
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. >>> in just a few hours, secretary of state hillary clinton will travel to cairo and push for a truce. stay with cnn for the latest on the middle east crisis and peace efforts. all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now.
. >>> in just a few hours, secretary of state hillary clinton will travel to cairo and push for a truce. stay with cnn for the latest on the middle east crisis and peace efforts. all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now.
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reza sayah is live in cairo. i'm wondering from your perspective in cairo how this latest explosion in tel aviv may complicate the hard work ahead for secretary clinton and mohamed mursi? what does it mean for talks and hopes for a cease-fire? >> well it means there's more urgency. it means that the violence is escalating. i think the spotlight is going to be on u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who is now in the region. if you think you have a busy day today, consider mrs. clinton's itinerary. this morning she met with u.s. secretary of state general ban ki-moon in jerusalem, 9:30 a.m. met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in ramallah, 11:00 a.m. she met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem again. and now, she's on her way here to cairo. all in an effort to see what we can do, what washington can do, to establish a cease-fire. whenever these conflicts flare up in the middle east, washington wants to be seen as playing a major role. but the problem with washington's role is the
reza sayah is live in cairo. i'm wondering from your perspective in cairo how this latest explosion in tel aviv may complicate the hard work ahead for secretary clinton and mohamed mursi? what does it mean for talks and hopes for a cease-fire? >> well it means there's more urgency. it means that the violence is escalating. i think the spotlight is going to be on u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who is now in the region. if you think you have a busy day today, consider mrs....
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cairo's intelligence chief is spearheading talks to end the violence. but on the border, peace looks like an unlikely prospect. our senior international correspondent, ben wedeman joins us now between the border between israel and gaza. ben, ground war, are we about to witness that? >> reporter: i don't think immediately, don. i think there's still time needed to get the israeli military ready for a ground invasion. keep in mind that gaza is an area just twice the size of washington, d.c., with a population of 1.5 million people. any military force that goes in there has got to contend with the possibility of a lot of civilian casualties and a fair amount of resistance, from hamas fighters. now, what we're seeing here on the border are intense preparations, all night long. we've been watching as big trucks carrying tanks, carrying armored personnel carriers have been going up and down the road. a lot of soldiers in this area. the israeli government has yet to say when or if they would finally make a decision regarding a ground invasion into gaza. and at
cairo's intelligence chief is spearheading talks to end the violence. but on the border, peace looks like an unlikely prospect. our senior international correspondent, ben wedeman joins us now between the border between israel and gaza. ben, ground war, are we about to witness that? >> reporter: i don't think immediately, don. i think there's still time needed to get the israeli military ready for a ground invasion. keep in mind that gaza is an area just twice the size of washington,...
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seven people have been killed in cairo and five more since last week. the prime minister of romania, emil boc, has resigned after weeks of protests against his government's austerity measures. his unpopular moves included cutting public wages and a freeze on pensions. an earthquake with a magnitude of 617 has shaken the central philippines, killing at least 13 people. instruct of the coast of negros island, triggering a landslide buried scores of houses. 39 people are still missing. the polish interior ministry says 62 people have died in the last 10 days as a result of an extremely harsh winter. the big freeze has struck with a vengeance across europe from london to bosnia. the death toll continues to climb as people struggled to cope with the arctic conditions. >> in eastern bosnia, they are sending in the helicopters. you can hardly see the village, as there is so much snow. when it came, it came thick and fast. many people were trapped in their cars. >> [speaking foreign language] >> there were 15 or 20 cars trapped in the snow for $20. we barely ma
seven people have been killed in cairo and five more since last week. the prime minister of romania, emil boc, has resigned after weeks of protests against his government's austerity measures. his unpopular moves included cutting public wages and a freeze on pensions. an earthquake with a magnitude of 617 has shaken the central philippines, killing at least 13 people. instruct of the coast of negros island, triggering a landslide buried scores of houses. 39 people are still missing. the polish...
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after decade. [ humming ] >>> in just a few hours, secretary of state hillary clinton will travel to cairo and push for a truce.
after decade. [ humming ] >>> in just a few hours, secretary of state hillary clinton will travel to cairo and push for a truce.
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let's ask jim maceda, you were in cairo the announcement came from there. egypt is being given credit for having at least brokered this deal or godfathered this deal. what are the terms? do we know anything more about the terms of the cease-fire? >> well, we know that there was no formal agreement. that's the key thing here. this means that israel and hamas had reached an understanding, a kind of exchange of quiet for quiet, and that this will be the first phase of a deal. that will be followed by a second phase in days or weeks or months of much more intense negotiations. those talks will be anchored by and guaranteed by egypt, but with the strong participation of the united states to resolve key demands on both sides which are still out there. the main demand from hamas who wants the block aid of gaza lifted immediately, that is not going to happen, the israelis want an immediate end to all smuggling of arms and to gaza and the sinai, that has not happened either. they have agreed to these demands but need to work that out. >> stephanie gosk, you're in is
let's ask jim maceda, you were in cairo the announcement came from there. egypt is being given credit for having at least brokered this deal or godfathered this deal. what are the terms? do we know anything more about the terms of the cease-fire? >> well, we know that there was no formal agreement. that's the key thing here. this means that israel and hamas had reached an understanding, a kind of exchange of quiet for quiet, and that this will be the first phase of a deal. that will be...
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nationwide action in egypt with thousands of outraged protesters in cairo keeping pressure on the president to cancel his power grab in clashes with police reportedly leave one protest a day. after years of uncertainty palestinians could finally find out what killed their leader yasser arafat his grave has been open. for clues about whether he was poisoned. also explosive politics a former u.k. defense minister says dropping a neutron bomb could bring peace to one of the world's most troubled regions. and another diverted to the. cash for greece. in exchange for. on air online live from the new center here in moscow this is a nationwide protests have kicked off in egypt with thousands gathering in tahrir square to oppose president morsi latest decree morsi made himself and the islamist dominated upper house of parliament immune to any kind of oversight including from the courts true reports from. behind me there's several hundred thousand people into korea and it protests that people are saying one of the largest they've seen really in most of the year and people are chanting against the mu
nationwide action in egypt with thousands of outraged protesters in cairo keeping pressure on the president to cancel his power grab in clashes with police reportedly leave one protest a day. after years of uncertainty palestinians could finally find out what killed their leader yasser arafat his grave has been open. for clues about whether he was poisoned. also explosive politics a former u.k. defense minister says dropping a neutron bomb could bring peace to one of the world's most troubled...
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abandon them once a new constitution and parliament are in place journalist bell true has the latest from cairo. when this constitution is drafted and goes through referendum president morsi wrote in his controversial constitution that duration of his extra powers he's assumed. and this is off the referendum however the real issue the heart of this debate is the constitution itself and the way that it's being drafted the opposition forces really see the constituent assembly as a body because at least a quarter of its members staged a walkout including keep it was on the steps from the church and liberal leftist forces for example so this constitution they really see has been drafted by president morsy supporters members of the muslim brotherhood and the other is in the most groups still back in the constituent assembly so i'm afraid this document will do nothing really concerned crease the anger of the opposition forces who at the moment is staging an ongoing sit in in fact we have a protest called to say by opposition and pro morsi supporters which if we if they meet we expect to see quite a l
abandon them once a new constitution and parliament are in place journalist bell true has the latest from cairo. when this constitution is drafted and goes through referendum president morsi wrote in his controversial constitution that duration of his extra powers he's assumed. and this is off the referendum however the real issue the heart of this debate is the constitution itself and the way that it's being drafted the opposition forces really see the constituent assembly as a body because at...
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cairo time. that is, as we were discussing, about 90 minutes. >> 90 minutes away. they say they'll be releasing some statements as well. let's listen in to secretary of state hillary clinton now who is speaking. >> personal leadership. the escalation of the situation in gaza. >> this is a critical moment for the region. egypt's new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace. >> united states -- >> the people of this region deserve the chance to -- >> now we have to focus. >> obviously we've got arabic translation of what hillary clinton is saying there, and every time she speaks, we're getting that. she did thank the egyptian president for his mediation efforts in what we've seen so far. of course, the main news here, the headline here, is that the cease-fire will take effect at 9:00 p.m. cairo time. suzanne, that's a little under 90 minutes from now. >> one of the things that struck me was the fact this s
cairo time. that is, as we were discussing, about 90 minutes. >> 90 minutes away. they say they'll be releasing some statements as well. let's listen in to secretary of state hillary clinton now who is speaking. >> personal leadership. the escalation of the situation in gaza. >> this is a critical moment for the region. egypt's new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace. >>...
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achieved agreement on many issues and i sensed some significant political improvement during the talks in cairo when hamas delivered an agreement there was an abyss between us earlier but now they've agreed to switch to a nonviolent standoff with no more bloodshed they agreed with the requirement of a stablish in the nine hundred sixty seven border line to run in the election in may this year and that means we can talk about progress here our committees are working hard to implement these plans as soon as possible and reforms are underway and the government will be a transitional. every thank you very much for being with us to the every possible success in the implementation of political reward and creation of a palestinian state. the absence of nature and discover its beauty. a communicate with the wild and love. test yourself and become free to. see what nature can give you the. let's. say. this. is. some it's an. exit. and you to do list for the syrian leadership the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up calls for president asad to step down something t
achieved agreement on many issues and i sensed some significant political improvement during the talks in cairo when hamas delivered an agreement there was an abyss between us earlier but now they've agreed to switch to a nonviolent standoff with no more bloodshed they agreed with the requirement of a stablish in the nine hundred sixty seven border line to run in the election in may this year and that means we can talk about progress here our committees are working hard to implement these plans...
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them getting into the chamber courts now suspended his work indefinitely in protest is artie's tom in cairo. unrest returns to the streets after the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak after the election that brought in mohamed morsi egypt is in turmoil once again these round the clock protests have been going on for over a week now it resembles early two thousand and eleven when hosni mubarak was removed from power but that was nearly two years ago shouldn't the revolution have ended by now the mood on top risk where became defiant again after last week's to creep by president morsi meaning his decisions would face no legal challenge we had the revolution to get rid of a tyrant the dictator. in in order to that we made elections and rid of aleutian and their actions to choose someone to the present us and turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself however morsi claims his new powers are only temporary he nor any of the b.b.q. two in the world who are close to you will tell you it is a temporary thing it is full emergency told us the seems the same thing sixty usable under presiden
them getting into the chamber courts now suspended his work indefinitely in protest is artie's tom in cairo. unrest returns to the streets after the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak after the election that brought in mohamed morsi egypt is in turmoil once again these round the clock protests have been going on for over a week now it resembles early two thousand and eleven when hosni mubarak was removed from power but that was nearly two years ago shouldn't the revolution have ended by now...
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police in egypt have demonstrators outside the interior ministry in cairo. protesters have been demanding a swift presidential election and for an early handover of power by the army. this is finland's former finance minister, who has won the country's presidential election. the conservative politician is an openly gay environmentalists in the runoff, taking more than 60% of the vote. he's finland's first conservative head of state in more than half a century and is supportive of the country's continued membership in the european union. going to switch attention to greece now, as leaders there are resuming talks on a new package of austerity measures. this is after failing to reach agreement over the weekend. it's becoming a common enough occurrence. they're discussing reforms demanded by the european union and the i.m.f. as a condition of receiving the bailout package, which in total amounts to some 130 billion euros, leading to be in place in mid-march if athens is to avoid a debt default. aaron is following this very closely, with good reason. another hug
police in egypt have demonstrators outside the interior ministry in cairo. protesters have been demanding a swift presidential election and for an early handover of power by the army. this is finland's former finance minister, who has won the country's presidential election. the conservative politician is an openly gay environmentalists in the runoff, taking more than 60% of the vote. he's finland's first conservative head of state in more than half a century and is supportive of the country's...
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cease-fire, and also secretary of state hillary clinton who shuttled the stop between jerusalem and cairo, and was also instrumental in achieving the agreement. the sweetener is support for israel, support for israel diplomatically, it was very important for us. also the support for the iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking out about 85-95% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity or ability to strike at our 5 and a half million israelis who are under rocket fire. >> we talked about this, ambassador, a few hours ago. there have now been apparently five rockets launched, a number of them intercepted. but three of them landed in southern israel. how do you see that? how seriously do you take that in terms of the violation of the cease-fire thus far? >> we see that it would take a while for the cease-fire to take hold. i understand it has took hold. we are not firing. so there is a cease-fire, anderson. >> all right, thank you, ambassador, i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> well, as the ambassador said, right
cease-fire, and also secretary of state hillary clinton who shuttled the stop between jerusalem and cairo, and was also instrumental in achieving the agreement. the sweetener is support for israel, support for israel diplomatically, it was very important for us. also the support for the iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking out about 85-95% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity or ability to strike at our 5 and a...
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she'll go to ramallah, then on to cairo. why would she be meeting with the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas? he has nothing to do with what is taking place in hamas and is this really something that is more symbolic here? >> there's a lot of symbol itch because the u.s. has a lot at stake in the palestinian authority leadership of abbas and the prime minister. the u.s. has had very good relations with the palestinian leader whose believe in a two-state solution. israel and palestine. there's a very good relationship there and the u.s. provides extensive economic assistance to the palestinian authority on the west bank. but you know what? the problem for the palestinian authority is, in recent days, as hamas has engaged in this continuing struggle with israel, its reputation, at least in the palestinian community and i dare venture in the arab world, much of the muslim world, has gone up at the extension of the palestinian authority and that's probably going to be a problem down the road unless hamas was
she'll go to ramallah, then on to cairo. why would she be meeting with the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas? he has nothing to do with what is taking place in hamas and is this really something that is more symbolic here? >> there's a lot of symbol itch because the u.s. has a lot at stake in the palestinian authority leadership of abbas and the prime minister. the u.s. has had very good relations with the palestinian leader whose believe in a two-state solution....
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embassy in cairo. who are these protesters? how widespread is the anger? what is the situation with the americans in the embassy? since a group of marines are there. >> well, anderson, the marines who are there are stations part of the diplomatic mission to secure the embassy. one of the largest contingents of marines protecting a u.s. embassy in the world. but these protesters were predominantly islamist. people who were any about a film that came out which they say depicts muhammad in a bad light, it calls him a womanizer, a homosexual, someone who molests children, things that muslims would find offensive. so there was roughly 1,000 people out there. going and we saw a handful of people storm the embassy, perimeter, they tore down the american flag. security forces on the site. they did show up to separate the protesters from the embassy, but it was a bit late, later after the protesters were able to get in there, a question a lot of people are asking, why the security forces didn't come soon enough
embassy in cairo. who are these protesters? how widespread is the anger? what is the situation with the americans in the embassy? since a group of marines are there. >> well, anderson, the marines who are there are stations part of the diplomatic mission to secure the embassy. one of the largest contingents of marines protecting a u.s. embassy in the world. but these protesters were predominantly islamist. people who were any about a film that came out which they say depicts muhammad in a...
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steve harrigan with the news live in cairo. steve? >> john, at 2:00 in the morning here, we are still hearing some small explosions between the pro-he testers and those security forces, the numbers are down from late this afternoon. when it looked like 40 or 50,000 people were gathered on that square. there has been a real sense of fury, too, among the protesters on the street. these are people of different ages from different political background really united by one thing that they feel like their revolution that he fought for in the past year is in danger of being hijacked. one man their democratically elected president can now trying to put himself above the law and above the courts. what we have right now is a standoff. on the one hand the egyptian president saying he will will not back down from his decrees but that they are only temporary, only it until a new constitution is ready. we have the protesters now behind me setting up tense on the square. they say they are here to stay. john back to you. >> jon: steve harrigan. thank
steve harrigan with the news live in cairo. steve? >> john, at 2:00 in the morning here, we are still hearing some small explosions between the pro-he testers and those security forces, the numbers are down from late this afternoon. when it looked like 40 or 50,000 people were gathered on that square. there has been a real sense of fury, too, among the protesters on the street. these are people of different ages from different political background really united by one thing that they feel...
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foreign minister koichiro gemba met egyptian president kamal ganzouri in cairo. egypt will have its first presidential election since the collapse of the mubarak administration. gemba said it's important that egypt's historical change leads to peace. he pointed out that stability in egypt is the key to a stable middle east. he added this will also directly affect japan. gemba said japan will make the most of its expertise in experience during reconstruction after world war ii to help support egypt's own efforts. prime minister ganzouri said the government's top priority is to restore security. he emphasized that foreign investment is also important for creating jobs. >>> newly released documents show that the late al qaeda leader, osama bin laden, ended his life as a frustrated man who was losing influence within the organization he helped create. the documents were seized from the hideout in pakistan where bin laden was killed by u.s. commandos just over a year ago. the 17 electronic letters and draft letters, totaling 175 pages in arabic, date from september 20
foreign minister koichiro gemba met egyptian president kamal ganzouri in cairo. egypt will have its first presidential election since the collapse of the mubarak administration. gemba said it's important that egypt's historical change leads to peace. he pointed out that stability in egypt is the key to a stable middle east. he added this will also directly affect japan. gemba said japan will make the most of its expertise in experience during reconstruction after world war ii to help support...
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want to go live to cairo. reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. is it calm where you are, and are people assuming that things are going to get better? there are a lot of critics who vague the broum brotherhood is really now trying to hijack the process, hijack the constitution and get the president to remain in power, as much power as he can hold on to. >> yeah. many of those critics, suzanne, are behind us. still demonstrating here in tahrir square. in the meantime, major developments unfolding. as we speak right now, egypt's constitutional assembly is voting to approve a draft of egypt's all-important new constitution. this is going to be the backbone, the centerpiece of egypt's democratic transition. all of egypt's laws are going to be based on this document. everything from the balance of power between the president and the parliament, the power of the army, the independence of the judiciary, the personal freedoms. once this draft is approved and all indications are it is going to be approved. in about 15 days you're going to have a nationwide
want to go live to cairo. reza sayah is overlooking tahrir square. is it calm where you are, and are people assuming that things are going to get better? there are a lot of critics who vague the broum brotherhood is really now trying to hijack the process, hijack the constitution and get the president to remain in power, as much power as he can hold on to. >> yeah. many of those critics, suzanne, are behind us. still demonstrating here in tahrir square. in the meantime, major developments...
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what is going on in cairo? >> reporter: well, wolf, what's going on is we have a few hundred protesters and the police battling it out. and this has started a little bit around midnight -- a little after midnight. the protesters and the police. the protesters tried to break down a barricade that the police were putting up. tear gas. the police responded with tear gas. everything went chaotic from there. we have police and protesters throwing rocks at each other. what we're hearing are dozens of protesters are injured. six police officers are also injured in the clashes. but really what we see is a stalemate between the protesters and the police. neither side is going to give up. the police really can't give up because if they do, the protesters will go to the embassy. but the protesters don't seem to be willing to give up either. so right now a real stalemate on the streets of cairo. >> have they stepped up the egyptian military, the egyptian police, security surrounding the huge u.s. embassy compound in cairo?
what is going on in cairo? >> reporter: well, wolf, what's going on is we have a few hundred protesters and the police battling it out. and this has started a little bit around midnight -- a little after midnight. the protesters and the police. the protesters tried to break down a barricade that the police were putting up. tear gas. the police responded with tear gas. everything went chaotic from there. we have police and protesters throwing rocks at each other. what we're hearing are...